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Symposia 2010
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2010 SYMPOSIA
11 - 12 November
Novotel Twin Waters Resort
Sunshine Coast, Qld
This year’s symposium is titled: Generating the Tides of Change: Innovations in Ageing Wellness and Rehabilitation Practice. With the current interest in ageing wellness and rehabilitation in both the health profession and the wider community, it is expected that this symposia will attract occupational therapists from throughout Queensland and further afield. This symposium has been specifically designed to deliver skills-based master classes and workshops in key areas of clinical practice. Adding to the attraction is the selection of a world-class venue - the Novotel Twin Waters Resort on Queensland's magnificent Sunshine Coast. We look forward to welcoming you along to this exciting and rewarding professional event.
Beach Dinner Thursday 11 November
There’s no better way to unwind after an inspiring and energetic day, than taking a leisurely stroll along the shoreline. And that’s exactly how you can make your way to the Symposia’ beach dinner. Guests will dine under the stars on the foreshore of the Novotel Twin Waters’ lake while enjoying the earthy acoustic sounds of local entertainer Quinn. To help set the scene of this sumptuous summer feast, we encourage all attending to wear glitzy beach footwear and get the sand between your toes...and who knows you might even win a prize for the glitziest footwear!
The Symposia’s beach dinner is included in the price of full registration. Further tickets can be purchased for $90 by completing the Symposia registration form below:
The call for abstracts is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted an abstract. All abstracts are being reviewed by the Program Advisory Group and everyone will be contacted after 31 August 2010.
Keynote Speakers & Masterclasses
Dr Florence Clark
Florence Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is President of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). Dr Clark currently is the Associate Dean, Chair, and Professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California (USC).
A widely published and noted scholar, her research interests include the development and dysfunction of sensory integration in children, maternal role behaviour, the acquisition of independent living skills among adolescents with disabilities, health promotion in the elderly, and spinal cord injury and occupational science. Dr Clark is best known for her publication of the Well Elderly Study. Conducted by USC from 1994 through 1996, the study made a number of notable contributions to the research on occupational therapy and its effect on the ageing population. The largest outcomes research study conducted in the field to date, the results were published in October 1997 - the first occupational therapy study to appear in JAMA.
Appointed as a charter member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Dr Clark has served as special consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General and on the board of the National Centre for Medical Rehabilitation Research. She also was the recipient of an Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, AOTA’s highest academic honour. In 1999, AOTA also honoured her with its Award of Merit. Dr Clark received a lifetime achievement award from the Occupational Therapy Association of California in 2001.
Desleigh De Jonge
Desleigh de Jonge B.Occ.Thy., M.Ph.(OccThy), Grad Cert Soc Sci (Health Practice) currently lectures in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland in assistive technology and environmental design.
In her 30 years as an Occupational Therapist, Desleigh has worked with consumers with a wide range of life goals and abilities. She has built on this valuable experience to develop undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum and to develop a research agenda focused on the way in which technology and environmental design can enable older people and people with disabilities to lead full lives.
She has presented at national and international conferences and published in national and international journals. She has recently published a book with Mosby (USA) on the use of assistive technology in the workplace and with SLACK (USA) on home modification practice for occupational therapists.
She has recently completed an Australian Housing and Urban research Institute (AHURI) funded research project investigating the impact of home maintenance and modification services on ‘ageing in place’ and housing adjustments in later life.
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